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Environmentalist berates IOCs for pollution in Niger Delta region

An environmentalist, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, has berated the International Oil Companies (IOCs) over the sustained degradation of the Niger Delta region. Bassey, who is the...

Tinubu reiterates commitment to sustainable dev. in Niger Delta

President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his government’s commitment towards the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region. Tinubu made the statement at the inauguration of...

Reps query oil firms over environmental degradation in Niger Delta

The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Environment, Petroleum Resources Upstream, Petroleum Resources Downstream and Climate Change has queried oil producing companies operating in...

Bayelsa seeks UN support to tackle environmental challenges in Niger Delta

The Bayelsa State Government has urged the United Nations to support efforts towards tackling environmental degradation in the Niger Delta region. Gov. Douye Diri made...

Edwin Clark University to address environmental issues in Niger Delta – VC

The Edwin Clark University (ECU) says it has made breakthrough research into environmental and industrial chemistry. Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Samuel Ugbolue, disclosed...

Cartoon: Sacrificing water, sanitation on the altar of oil money

Cartoonist, Francis Odupute, submits: In Nigeria's Niger Delta and elsewhere in the world, water access, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) continues to be sacrificed daily on...

Group seeks legislative action to hold divesting IOCs in Niger Delta to account

The Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has said that the international oil companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria have lost the...

Why traditional leaders must speak now on environmental justice to save Niger Delta’s future

Niger Deltans, demanding for environmental justice for pollution and degradation of our lands will be more impactful if our local community and traditional leaders...

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Saudi Aramco, Chevron, Shell, ExxonMobil, others have cost the world $28tr in climate damage, study reveals

From drought-fueled wildfires in California to catastrophic floods in New England, it's difficult to deny global warming is creating a spiralling climate crisis.  Now,...
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Countries to debate restriction on chemicals as pollution crisis mounts

Delegates from more than 180 countries will gather in Geneva, Switzerland from Monday, April 28 to Friday, May 9,...

Malaria vaccines available in Kebbi, Bayelsa at no cost – NPHCDA

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says free malaria vaccines are available in Primary Healthcare Centres in Kebbi and Bayelsa states...

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Saudi Aramco, Chevron, Shell, ExxonMobil, others have cost the world $28tr in climate damage, study reveals

From drought-fueled wildfires in California to catastrophic floods in New England,...

Countries to debate restriction on chemicals as pollution crisis mounts

Delegates from more than 180 countries will gather in...